:banghead: i say just get the kids some toy guns…
Getting them toy guns is too much a concession to the hippy dippy liberal PC nazis, get them real guns.
I thought I was the only one that ever used the term ‘hippy dippy liberal’ ! ! !
And the Smurfs are communists.
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Or cause demonic possession or homosexuality, depending on the source.
Also profoundly sexist as the only female was created to trap the males.
Obviously you should give your sons baby dolls too since you want them to be capable fathers involved in their childrens’ lives.I don’t know much about the content of Curious George in the past (the original books, etc.) but the current TV show is absolutely harmless (except George should probably get some more discipline for the mischief he gets into, and why on earth does the Man in the Yellow Hat never learn that he shouldn’t leave his monkey alone?) My kids really like it and there’s usually some interesting math and science-related learning thrown in there, too.
Some dolls are pretty awful, but you can get a basic baby doll for not much money that can provide a LOT of playtime. My younger son likes to play with his older brother’s cloth doll (which is a bit of a “lovey” so my older son can be pretty possessive of it) so I am thinking of getting him his own. They like to put the doll down for naps, feed it with their play kitchen, and the other day I even heard my older son put it in time out (doing a shockingly good imitation of me, I might add.
There are a lot of awful toys, but I wouldn’t classify most of them as immoral. My husband and I put a box together of toys for donation from the boys’ Christmas gifts. I know the relatives who gave them were well-intentioned, but I am not willing to slowly lose my mind with the endless noise and corresponding battery-buying.
tl;dr they are better dolls in every way.
Thanks for the info and your “endorsement”. I’ve been looking for dolls like those.
I did a bit of Googling and it seems that some scholars believe that the original Curious George books (written in France in the 1940s) might have been written as a metaphor for African Imperialism, where the Man in the Yellow Hat is a symbol for Britain. It’s a scholarly, literary theory but not a popular position…unless you have another resource to back it up? Or would we rather just continue to bash hippy dippy liberals?
The Curious George racism concern came to my attention via a conversation with several others regarding what would be appropriate for Christmas toy gifts. Likely your google research produced the same results as mine- (the annotation above), as well as several Op-Ed columns and blogs (I did find where someone wrote their thesis on the subject!)I did a bit of Googling and it seems that some scholars believe that the original Curious George books (written in France in the 1940s) might have been written as a metaphor for African Imperialism, where the Man in the Yellow Hat is a symbol for Britain. It’s a scholarly, literary theory but not a popular position…unless you have another resource to back it up? Or would we rather just continue to bash hippy dippy liberals?
Years ago I had a cousin who was a teacher. Every year at our big Christmas party everyone would talk about what they got, or got for their kids for Christmas. No matter what we got our kids, she would tell us why it was wrong, harmful, negligent, racist, sexist, developmentally stunting, etc. The conversation would usually start with her saying, “Oh, so you’re trying to make your children gay / ruin your daughter’s self-esteem / perpetuate gender inequality / turn your kids into racist / make your kids stupid / ruin any chance they have at success?” The list went on and on. Occasionally we’d play a variant of the game where she’d ask us if we’d gotten the kids one of the things she was opposed to at other times, or really lavish, expensive gifts that weren’t age appropriate or she knew we couldn’t afford. Then her line of questioning would be along the lines of why we were abusing our kids, neglecting them, making them the laughingstock of their peer groups, etc. The bottom line is that some people are idiots. If you’re not abusing your kids, it’s none of their business. Curious George isn’t racist, baby dolls aren’t sexist and SpongeBob won’t turn your kids gay (it has been scientifically proven, though, that Bratz dolls will cause your daughters to get tattoos and become teenage mothers).
Sorry, my tone was more reacting to the others who jumped onto the bashing bandwagon. It seems like we can be a little short on charity and kindness on these forums (surprising for a Catholic group) and in this case I was just as guilty. I’m sorry about that.
Good God!!! I hope that wasn’t taking the Lord’s name in vain, but really! These kind of people need to quit being so ignorant and obsessed with what culture thinks and give a little thought to the God they don’t want to believe in. Really!…is all I can say to this.
No, that would be if they were red, not blue… The smurfs are just democrats. Ok, that might be the same thing…
No worries my friend, I am enjoying the spirited debate and good-natured tom foolery!